Obituaries

Juanita Clayton

Juanita Clayton

Jan 12, 2011

Juanita Louise Nita Clayton, age 89, passed away at Brownwood Regional Medical Hospital in Brownwood, Texas on Wednesday, January 12, 2011. Family visitation will be 68 PM Friday, January 14, 2011 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, Odessa,...

Elma Flores

Elma Flores

Jan 10, 2011

Elma Gutierrez Flores 82 of Odessa, died January 10, 2011 with her family by her side. She was born in San Juan, TX. on March 4, 1928, to Reyes and Julia Casas Gutierrez. Elma is survived by her three daughters and their spouses, Lucy and Tony Jimenez of Rockwall, Texas, Leonilda and Elias Moralez of Hale Center, Texas, Lillian...

Arnold Prichard

Arnold Prichard

Jan 10, 2011

Arnold DeForrest A.D. Prichard AGE 91, died January 10, 2011 in Odessa, Texas A.D. Prichard was born December 21st, 1919 in Ranger, Texas to Galen Prichard and wife Sadie Hall Prichard. He attended and played football for Oklahoma City University and Central State College. He served in active duty as a pilot in the Army Air Force during WW2...

Riley Bickerstaff

Riley Bickerstaff

Jan 10, 2011

Riley Zane Bickerstaff was born to Allie Oleen Chandler and John Sidney Bickerstaff June 8, 1929 at Lakeview, Texas, Hall County. Zane, as he was called then, was the oldest of 4 children, Winfred Keet Bickerstaff, Amy Carol Bickerstaff Wright, and Sandra Norvell Bickerstaff Pregartner. Hew was a caring and protective older brother. Zane graduated from High School in...

Brian Akins

Brian Akins

Jan 6, 2011

The Brian we all loved and worked with passed away quietly in his sleep in the early morning hours of Thursday, January 6, 2011 in Odessa, Texas. With blessed assurance he loved and praised the Lord and has gone to be with him. Brian came into this world in Taft, California, born to Russell D. Akins and Cloeta Bowen....

Grover Shanks

Grover Shanks

Jan 5, 2011

Grover went to Heaven on Jan. 5, 2011 to be with Jesus and loved ones who have gone on before him. He was born on the family farm in the Proctor community, Comanche County, Texas on November 1, 1925. He was the fifth of eleven children born to Grover Shanks, Sr. and Clara Hightower Shanks. He was preceded in...

Jerry Laughlin

Jerry Laughlin

Jan 4, 2011

ODESSA Jerry Pat Laughlin, born June 6, 1931 in Borger, TX to Andrew Laughlin and Hattie Austin Laughlin, passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at Odessa Regional Medical Center. Jerry is preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, and wife Vela Laughlin. Jerry served two years in the United States Army, two years in the United States Air...

Terry Garlington

Terry Garlington

Jan 4, 2011

Terry D. Garlington, 65 of Odessa, suddenly became ill and passed away on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa, Texas. He was born May 22, 1945 in Galveston, Texas to Elbert Otto Garlington and Helen Griffon Green Garlington. He married Alice Payne on August 26, 1965. He worked as an Equipment and Inventory Manager and...

Esther Wood

Esther Wood

Jan 4, 2011

Esther A. Wood, age 92, passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at Hospice in Odessa. Esther was born in Zalma, Missouri on September 12, 1918 to Mae and Marvin Moore. She was the seventh of 14 children who grew farming on Friends Hill in Oran, Missouri. After graduating from high school in Oran, Missouri, Esther received her BA degree...

John Church

John Church

Jan 2, 2011

John Armstrong J.A. Church, 84, of Odessa, died Sunday morning at his residence. He was born October 29, 1926 in Houston, Texas to Dick Sybil and Myrtle Gwendolyn Danner Church the oldest of twin boys. His father died in December 1927 and the family moved to San Angelo where Mrs. Church and her sister opened a room and boarding...

Rick Hodges

Rick Hodges

Jan 2, 2011

Rick Hodges was born in Moodys, Oklahoma on November 9, 1946. At the age of ten, his family relocated to Odessa, Texas. Rick attended Odessa High School where he played drums in the band and performed well academically. He graduated from OHS as an Honors student in 1965. He was Baptized into the Church of Christ as a teenager....

Roger Eaton

Roger Eaton

Dec 31, 2010

Roger Louis Eaton, age 48, passed away Friday, December 31, 2010 in Lubbock. He was born August 10, 1962 in Gary, Indiana to Ernest D. Eaton and Rosemary Meyer Eaton. He graduated from Seminole High School in Seminole, Texas and attended Odessa College. He married Karen Malcolm on April 8, 1989, they were divorced in 1995. He was preceded...

Beryle Simpkins

Beryle Simpkins

Dec 30, 2010

Beryle Simpkins, 83 passed away Thursday, December 30, 2010 at Medical Center Hospital. She was born March 11, 1927 in Wortham, TX to Jessie James Whitmore and Minnie Emily Musick. She graduated high school in East, TX and went to Kilgore Junior College. She married in October 29, 1948 to Grover Lee Simpkins. She is preceded in death by...

Lee Hadden

Lee Hadden

Dec 29, 2010

Well known Odessa attorney, Lee Evans Hadden, went to be with our Lord Jesus Christ at the age of 55 on Wednesday, Dec 29, 2010 at The Hospice House in Odessa. Lee was born August 17, 1955, in Odessa, Texas, to Will and Jean Hadden. He graduated from Permian High School in 1973, where he participated in baseball and...

Ina Adams

Ina Adams

Dec 24, 2010

Blanche Haney Adams of Odessa passed away December 24, 2010 at age 68. Ms. Adams was born August 6, 1942 in Brownwood, Texas to Issac and Viola Haney. Mrs. Adams is survived by her daughters Teresa Adams and her companion Susan Moffatt, Stormy Bartley and husband Keith and the light of her life, her two grandchildren Andrea and Casey...

Wanda Truesdell

Wanda Truesdell

Dec 24, 2010

Wanda Gayle Truesdell 79 of Odessa went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, December 24th. She was the daughter of Oscar and Gertrude Hughes born September 8, 1931 in Elbert, Texas. She married the love of her life Donovan J. Deane Truesdell on September 28, 1952 in Cisco, Texas. The Truesdells moved to Odessa in 1952,...

Richmond Stallcup

Richmond Stallcup

Dec 23, 2010

Frank Stallcup of Odessa passed away on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, at the age of 92. He is survived by his wife Ollie Digby Batte Stallcup. After the passing of both of their spouses, Ollie and Frank spent 31 wonderful years together a meaningful joining of two loving families. Frank is also survived by daughter Anne Wylie of Ratliff...

Scott Harris

Scott Harris

Dec 21, 2010

Scott Harris passed away Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at Medical Center Hospital, Odessa, Texas. He was born December 17, 1919 in Jennings Oklahoma, to Elza Harris and Laverda Marley. He attended school in Oklahoma. He later served in the army from 19441946. He worked in the Oilfield related business as sales and service. He was preceded in death by...

Betty Fuhrman

Betty Fuhrman

Dec 21, 2010

Betty Fuhrman of Odessa, passed away December 21, 2010 at age 82. Mrs. Fuhrman was born April 24, 1928, in Wichita Falls, Texas. Betty married Alfred Fuhrman April 19, 1947, in Wichita Falls, Texas. Mrs. Fuhrman is preceded in death by her husband, Alfred Fuhrman her parents Joseph and Eva Mataska brothers Charles, Richard and Bob Mataska and great...

Ruth Manus

Ruth Manus

Dec 20, 2010

Ruth L. Manus passed away December 20, 2010 in her home at Parks Methodist Retirement Village. She was born in Clayton New Mexico on August 17, 1926 to Robert E. Hamblen and Ruth Hamblen. She attended high school and business college in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She later married William A. Manus in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ruth was an owner...